Hi there. I figure if I'm actually going to post things here (we'll see how long it lasts), I should tell you a little bit more about myself than you can find out by clicking on that handsome fellow to the left. So here we go.

Name: Steven D. Schroeder
Why the D: There's another Steven Schroeder publishing poetry
DOB: June 12, 1977
Current Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pets: Taking care of another writer's cat for a whole year
Pet Peeves: Oh man, let's not cover those just yet
Day Job: Certified Professional Résumé Writer
Poetic "Job": Poet & Editor
Favorite Poets (Not Alive Category): Robert Frost, James Wright, W. H. Auden, William Stafford, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin, & Raymond Carver
Favorite Poets (Contemporary Category): Mark Jarman, B. H. Fairchild, A. E. Stallings, Thomas Lux, Philip Levine, Albert Goldbarth, Sherman Alexie, & Sarah Lindsay
Favorite Musical Artists: Tool, Bad Religion, Johnny Cash, Antonin Dvorak, Public Enemy, House of Freaks, Hawksley Workman, & Hüsker Dü
Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Tombstone, Heat, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Fugitive, Get Shorty, & Bull Durham
Favorite Non-Poetry Books: The Lord of the Rings, The Demolished Man, A Canticle for Leibowitz, Fast Food Nation, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Complete Far Side, America: The Book, & Anguished English

Okay, that's probably enough for now. I can think of several other "favorites" categories, but I can always add them later, especially when I'm desperate for ideas. I'll come back and write something specific to poetry next. See ya!